The sound of freedom
I feel sorry for the people in Serbia who keep looking to the student movement to provide them with a political solution, or act disappointed when the student movement refuses to do so.
Everything for the teachers
At this moment, I do not see a stronger show of solidarity or a more effective anti-regime move than raising money for workers in schools across Serbia. Many have already lined up to donate.
Brown, black or blue shirts
Citizens who protested in front of the Belgrade Assembly were attacked and beaten – with chains, cables, clubs, umbrellas – by members of a private company hired to safeguard the Assembly building.
Premonitions of the colors of the denouement
After claims that the opposition was nonexistent, surviving only on sterile salon statements, a sudden dramatic action resisted the irrational ruling mob.
American rapprochement with Russia
The shifting stance toward Russia is not just about diplomatic maneuvering but a response to the crisis of capitalism, where the current model of accumulation in the U.S. faces structural challenges.
A meeting in the future
The student march to Kragujevac from Novi Pazar reminded me of the conversation between a young man named Fikret and Zoran Đinđić in May 2002. Fikret asked Đinđić about inter-ethnic relations.
Beyond protest
LINKS – Serbian protests exhibit characteristics of spontaneity, with substantive but limited mass participation and no clear leadership capable of linking the demands to a broader class struggle.
To the European Commissioner for Enlargement
The problem is not a “lack of mutual respect” as you said, but rather the brutal violence that one party, the ruling party in Serbia, inflicts on its citizens.
How to restore democratic hope
The Guardian – The students’ demands may sound minor. They have asked institutions to demonstrate that they will do their jobs unimpeded by the regime, and in the public interest.
Velvet in Serbia
I live in Prague, but I follow student protests daily. I am convinced that students from Belgrade have given birth to another European non-violent revolution and that we will soon learn its name.
Depth Three
DwP – Reception of the works of Ognjen Glavonić, one of the most important filmmakers of the younger generation in Serbia, illustrate some of the mechanisms used to bunker undesirable films.
The Mystery of Serbian GDP
In the current politically and emotionally charged situation in Serbia, even seemingly technical issues, such as Gross Domestic Product, have become subjects of heated political debates.
“Turnip War” in Politics in Turkey
Rıza Akpolat, a young opposition politician and mayor of Beşiktaş, woke up on January 13 with a police raid. He was arrested on charges of bribery and membership in a criminal organization.
The middle finger
What is truly obscene in this bizzare symbol and has shocked even the most cynical observers of local political events, is the fact that the middle finger is coming from a bloody hand.
The shining meridian
How did 100,000 people fall silent on Slavija square, one of the country’s noisiest places, without a leader’s repression, a sound system, or a party hierarchy to enforce order?
Serbia, the digital prison
Amnesty International states that Serbian authorities widely use advanced technologies to spy on citizens. In addition to abusing authority, they have also misused EU accession donations.
War criminals belong in prison, not in public spaces
The HLC filed a request for action on the war crimes criminal complaint against Ratko Adžić, who attacked students during a blockade in Belgrade.
Western money
Populist story about organizations and individuals receiving money from abroad is going around for the umpteenth time. Uknown by whom or how, but “known” for which activities: to destroy Serbia.
Manipulation
Without any evidence, teachers and the opposition are accused of manipulating children, while students are denied of ability to have and express opinions about the tragedy and responsibility for it.
7 years since the closure of the Hague tribunal
DwP – The Tribunal gave its final ruling on November 29, 2017, former Day of the Republic. Its legacy is the vast archive of some of the gravest war crimes.
And now release the children
For the first time, we saw the regime arresting its own. Even if it was just for show, everyone saw it. Weakness, Vučić’s demonstration of impotence – that’s what we saw.
Stop repression and free political prisoners
Serbian CSO’s joint statement: Repression against the people is growing increasingly brutal and the highest state officials justify and encourage it.
Succession
The key to victory in this election was forged by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg in the fires of Silicon Valley. It began with mass production of a new kind of voter on social media.
80th anniversary
DwP – Each year on the day of the liberation of Belgrade from fascism, especially when it’s a round anniversary, there is a sense of anxiety about how it will be officially commemorated.
Days of guilt
Fourteen dead in one day, including a child. Institutions are surprised, expressing condolences. They avoid responsibility, talk about the “tragedy”. Candles are lit. No one is offering resignations.
The first metro line
No one did it before us, they didn’t know how, but we do. That’s what Vučić said sometime in early 2014 and promised the first metro lines would be ready by the end of 2016.
I would never do that
Gisele Pelicot decided to go one step further and requested the court to make the videos of her abuse available to the public. She reasoned that the shame must be returned to the abusers.
Draža, to Terazije! Mladić, get ready!
Nothing would highlight the continuity between the current government and the behavior of Chetniks under Draža’s command during World War II quite like a monument to Mladić.
Brigadier, which army plants flowers while retreating?
DwP – Operation “Medak Pocket” is often used to promote ethno-nationalism, exploit the suffering of victims, and ignore court-established facts.
National Primer or a primer on nationalism
It will be a kind of mandatory military service in schools, a tool for mental training, a new textbook of arrogance and weaning from objectivity – a poorly disguised incentive for intolerance.
You don’t dig digging?
The master of all trades didn’t like it when experts started expressing their opinions. He hurried among the ignorant to explain everything himself before the true information reached them.
No one’s victims
DwP – The trial against Croatian pilots initiated in Belgrade, which, according to the Humanitarian Law Center, initially reached the media, is now unavailable to the public and surrounded by ambiguities.
